Nikhil Kulkarni

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India3 yrs 10 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Reduced cloud costs by $480K/year at Salesforce.
Improved data pipeline latency by 75% using multithreading.
Designed backend for ITILITE Credit Cards MVP in three months.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech software developer with expertise in backend systems and cloud optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud Cost ManagementData Pipeline OptimizationBackend DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentArtificial IntelligenceApi DevelopmentFeature Delivery

Other Skills

.NETAIAWS LambdaAmazon SQSAmazon Web Services (AWS)AngularJSAnomaly DetectionApache AirflowApache KafkaAutomationBackend ArchitectureCSPMChromaData ProcessingData Science

About

I’m a software developer with experience building end-to-end systems that solve real-world engineering challenges. I have worked at both extremes, from contributing to large-scale, complex products at Microsoft to being a founding engineer on a small four-member team at ITILITE. Whether it is adding features to high-traffic systems or creating products from the ground up, I enjoy every aspect of building impactful, high-quality software. I am especially passionate about designing robust, scalable solutions that make a real difference. Feel free to reach out at nikhil.kulkarni@alumni.iitd.ac.in for collaboration or just a chat.

Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Salesforce

Member of Technical Staff

Jun 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Improved CSPM Data Pipeline latency by 75%, processing ~2M security events/day through multithreading for I/O calls and asynchronous Kafka commits for faster throughput.
Migrated Salesforce-level CSPM/KSPM vulnerability events to the OCSF format, enabling standardized processing and interoperability.
Saved $480K/year in cloud costs by proactively identifying and decommissioning unused cloud assets.
Mentored an intern to build an MCP server automating CSPM vulnerability remediation, reducing ticket resolution time by 90%; it is now live across Salesforce-level MCPs.

KafkaCloud Cost ManagementCSPMODataData Pipeline Optimization

Itilite

Founder's Team

Apr 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Contributed as one of four developers to the development and launch of the ITILITE Credit Cards MVP within a three-month timeline.
Designed and implemented the backend architecture for the Cards, facilitating transactions, cashback, notifications, database management, and seamless integration with existing ITILITE products.
Won 1st prize in ITILITE Hackathon for building a RAG-based LLM tool to extract insights from sales calls and customer chats.

Backend ArchitectureIntegrationRAGDatabase ManagementBackend DevelopmentProduct Development

Microsoft

Software Engineer

Jul 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Implemented support for nested $expand queries in the Microsoft Dataverse OData Web API, enabling multi-level retrieval of related data in a single request; featured in official Dataverse documentation.
Owned and delivered key features in the Anomaly Detection Service, including cascading monitor deletions, UI accessibility enhancements, and MSAL-based authentication.
Implemented gRPC endpoint authentication in .NET using interceptor patterns for Dataverse.

ODatagRPC.NETAnomaly DetectionAPI DevelopmentFeature Delivery